| Disease | A TOTAL OF 206 WOMEN WERE ENROLLED AND PROSPECTIVELY FOLLOWED UP AFTER GESTATIONAL USE OF ECHINACEA. IN THE STUDY GROUP, 112 WOMEN (54%) USED ECHINACEA IN THE FIRST TRIMESTER, WITH 17 (8%) EXPOSED IN ALL 3 TRIMESTERS. THERE WERE 195 LIVE BIRTHS,
INCLUDING 3 SETS OF TWINS; 13 SPONTANEOUS ABORTIONS;AND 1 THERAPEUTIC ABORTION. THE DISEASE-MATCHED CONTROL GROUP CONSISTED OF 206 WOMEN WITH 198 LIVE BIRTHS, 7 SPONTANEOUS ABORTIONS, AND 1 THERAPEUTIC ABORTION. NO STATISCAL DIFFERENCE WAS SEEN
BETWEEN THE 2 GROUPS IN TERMS OF PREGNANCY OUTCOME, DELIVERY METHOD, MATERNAL WEIGHT GAIN, GESTATIONAL AGE, BIRTH WEIGHT, OR FETAL DISTRESS. |